Principal De&i Specialist

**Company Overview**:
People power our future. That is why advancing a dynamic, inclusive environment, where everyone grows and thrives is critically important to us.

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore, and using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

Here, what you do matters.

**Job Overview**:
People are our greatest asset. At McDermott, we proudly create opportunities to increase the demographic diversity of our workforce and business partnerships, and leverage our diversity, through increased equity and workplace inclusion, to improve organizational performance and deliver positive business results.

Reporting to the Director of Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, the Principal DE&I Specialist will employ best practices to administer and oversee regional DE&I programming across our Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (APAC) operations, in line with the company’s commitment to advancing its Global DE&I Purpose, objectives and strategy across the business.

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**:

- Researches, develops, recommends, and executes creative strategies to advance the organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion goals.
- Partners with functional leaders (Talent Acquisition, Talent & Organizational Development, Communications, etc.), and other key stakeholders to assess opportunities, create DE&I strategies and action plans, and drive execution through coaching, consulting and partnership.
- Reviews current practices and policies, assessing and analyzing the extent to which they support or hinder the
- company’s diversity, equity and inclusion goals.
- Collects and analyzes data to evaluate the company’s population and provide recommendations for improving talent underrepresentation in accordance with global diversity, equity and inclusion standards and goals.
- Drafts and implements recruiting and hiring strategies in partnership with human resources to attract employees from diverse backgrounds.
- Develops and administers learning and development opportunities to support education and awareness initiatives across a broad scope of DE&I issues including, but not limited to, inclusive leadership, implicit bias, intercultural awareness, gender diversity, disability inclusion and optimizing a multi-generational workforce.
- Maintains global, regional and local knowledge of DE&I-related issues, legislation, and best practices.
- Promotes internal and external awareness and visibility of DE&I initiatives in partnership with Communications and Marketing.
- Maintains oversight and administration of regional Employee Resource Groups.
- Leverages regional strategic partners as appropriate to further DE&I goals and objectives.
- Supports the Director of Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in development and implementation of annual strategic plans and budgets

**Essential Qualifications and Education**:

- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in DE&I, Human Resources or related field.
- DE&I Certification/Specialization is preferred.
- Experience in the development and implementation of DE&I initiatives
- Employee Resource Group leadership experience is a plus.
- Experience in instructional design and training facilitation/delivery.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Position requires working in a hands-on, project-driven environment
- Excellent assessment and analytical skills
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively under pressure and within a collaborative team-oriented environment using sound judgement in decision-making
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational and project management skills
- Able to work well under deadlines in a changing environment (Adaptability and flexibility are essential skills)
- Embody McDermott Values (Commitment, Go Beyond, Well-Being, One Team, Integrity)

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